fb2Delilah and her partner – tall, dark, handsome, and Hispanic ex-FBI guy Ric Montoya – are busy solving a "Romeo and Juliet" double-murder and she's got plenty more to deal with: vampires, werewolves, and tigers, oh my!
What woman isn't a sucker for a sexy hunk with a hot English accent and a very large…estate? Fall in lust with three British Bad Boys who like it shaken and stirred, and who know exactly how to give a woman the royal treatment, in bed and out.
George and the Dragon Lady
George Hartley is high on the list of England 's most eligible bachelors: he's young, single, gorgeous – and, as the 19th Earl of Ponsford, lives in a castle. Granted, the castle has seen better days… but nights with the Earl are what LA TV producer Maxine Larraby keeps thinking about…
Nights Round Arthur's Table
Seattle thriller author Meg Stanton desperately needs a quiet place to work. Stag Cottage in the English countryside is perfect… until she meets local pub owner Arthur Denby. He's as dark and brooding as one of her imaginary villains, and Meg always falls for her villains. But there's nothing imaginary about the things Arthur does to her after last call…
Union Jack
Former head chef and current love cynic Rachel Larraby can't believe she got dragged across the pond for a catering job. Weddings – ugh, she's had enough personal experience, thanks. And though recurring best man Jack Flynt is quite smashing, she can keep it to just a steamy fling. Until this very bad bloke starts looking at her with those forever eyes…
When the body of a young man is discovered deep beneath the icy waters of Lake Grant, a note left under a rock by the shore points to suicide. But within minutes, it becomes clear that this is no suicide. It's a brutal, cold-blooded murder. All too soon former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton – home for Thanksgiving after a long absence – finds herself unwittingly drawn into the case. The chief suspect is desperate to see her, but when she arrives at the local police station she is met with a horrifying sight – he lies dead in his cell, the words 'Not me' scrawled across the walls. Something about his confession doesn't add up and deeply suspicious of the detective in charge, Lena Adams, Sara immediately calls the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Shortly afterwards, Special Agent Will Trent is brought in from his vacation to investigate. But he is immediately confronted with a wall of silence. Grant County is a close-knit community with loyalties and ties that run deep. And the only person who can tell the truth about what really happened is dead.
When the body of a young man is discovered deep beneath the icy waters of Lake Grant, a note left under a rock by the shore points to suicide. But within minutes, it becomes clear that this is no suicide. It's a brutal, cold-blooded murder. All too soon former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton – home for Thanksgiving after a long absence – finds herself unwittingly drawn into the case. The chief suspect is desperate to see her, but when she arrives at the local police station she is met with a horrifying sight – he lies dead in his cell, the words 'Not me' scrawled across the walls. Something about his confession doesn't add up and deeply suspicious of the detective in charge, Lena Adams, Sara immediately calls the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Shortly afterwards, Special Agent Will Trent is brought in from his vacation to investigate. But he is immediately confronted with a wall of silence. Grant County is a close-knit community with loyalties and ties that run deep. And the only person who can tell the truth about what really happened is dead.
In this thrilling new novel from the author of Industrial Magic, a pregnant werewolf may have unwittingly unleashed Jack the Ripper on the twenty-first century – and become his next target…
Ever since she discovered she's pregnant, Elena Michaels has been on edge. After all, she's never heard of another living female werewolf, let alone one who's given birth. But thankfully, her expertise is needed to retrieve a stolen letter allegedly written by Jack the Ripper. As a distraction, the job seems simple enough – only the letter contains a portal to Victorian London's underworld, which Elena inadvertently triggers – unleashing a vicious killer and a pair of zombie thugs.
Now Elena must find a way to seal the portal before the unwelcome visitors get what they're looking for – which, for some unknown reason, is Elena…
After his wife’s death and the collapse of his newspaper, David Harwood has no choice but to uproot his nine-year-old son and move back into his childhood home in Promise Falls, New York. David believes his life is in free fall, and he can’t find a way to stop his descent.
Then he comes across a family secret of epic proportions. A year after a devastating miscarriage, David’s cousin Marla has continued to struggle. But when David’s mother asks him to check on her, he’s horrified to discover that she’s been secretly raising a child who is not her own — a baby she claims was a gift from an “angel” left on her porch.
When the baby’s real mother is found murdered, David can’t help wanting to piece together what happened — even if it means proving his own cousin’s guilt. But as he uncovers each piece of evidence, David realizes that Marla’s mysterious child is just the tip of the iceberg.
Other strange things are happening. Animals are found ritually slaughtered. An ominous abandoned Ferris wheel seems to stand as a warning that something dark has infected Promise Falls. And someone has decided that the entire town must pay for the sins of its past... in blood.
No one could have imagined Odd Thomas ever leaving the perfect quirky comfort of Pico Mundo, least of all Odd himself. The little desert town that nurtured Odd all his life is the locus of everything he holds dear-his loyal friends, his ghostly confidants, and the place where he loved and lost his soul mate, the irreplaceable Stormy Llewellyn. Yet leave it he has, to embrace the solitude and peace of an isolated monastery high in the western mountains as he tries to find a way to live fully again.
But Odd has a knack for finding himself in the path of trouble no matter where he goes-even among the eccentric monks in their sanctuary and with the King of Rock 'n' Roll at his side. For a killer is stalking the ancient holy halls, and Odd is about to encounter an enemy who eclipses any he has yet encountered…
Graham Masterton jako autor, znany i kojarzony jest głównie z horrorem, thrillerem i powieścią sensacyjną. Mało, kto pamięta, że w dorobku Grahama możemy znaleźć „perełki”, które to w znacznym stopniu odbiegają w tematyce od wymienionych gatunków. Mowa o powieści historycznej. Za stan takiej rzeczy można uznać fakt, że w Polsce zostało wydanych zaledwie kilka z jego powieści historycznych, w dodatku w latach 90-tych, których to tylko jedna doczekała się ponownego wznowienia. Nie mniej jednak nie patrząc na stan „wiekowych” wydań warto się zapoznać z tym jakże niezwykle cennym dorobkiem pisarza. Takim klejnotem niewątpliwie jest "Brylant", książka napisana na początku lat, 80’-tych,który to okres przez wielu uważany jest za najlepszy w całej dotychczasowej karierze Mastertona.
Powieść ta ukazuje życie w świecie poszukiwaczy diamentów – Kimberley. Barney Blitz, główna postać powieści, nie wiedzie łatwego życia. Barney jest Żydem mieszkającym w Londynie wraz z bratem Joelem i matką, która jest osobą chorą psychicznie. Codzienne ekscesy matki doprowadzają w końcu do tego, że starszy brat Barneya – Joel postanawia opuścić rodzinny dom i wyrusza do Afryki. Młodszy z braci Blitzów pozostaje z matką. Wtedy też Barney doświadcza pierwszego miłosnego nieszczęścia, które to już nie opuści go do końca życia. Trudy życia z matką znajdują swój dramatyczny finał w scenie, która to nie pozwala nam zapomnieć z czego słynie Masterton. Takich momentów, w których wstrzymujemy oddech znajdziemy w książce więcej.
W dalszej części powieści autor ukazuje podróż, jaką Barney musiał przebyć, aby znaleźć swoje miejsce i szczęście. Tym miejscem jest Kimberley miasteczko górnicze leżące na południu Afryki. Wraz z rozwojem akcji jesteśmy jednocześnie świadkami przemiany, jaką przechodzi Barney. Z młodego mężczyzny szukającego sensu i miejsca na tym świecie, do ogarniętego żądzą posiadania potentata diamentowego. Jednak cena, którą Barney będzie musiał okupić za swój luksus okaże się bardzo wysoka. Masterton ukazuje nam prawdę starą i znaną jak ludzka zachłanność, że pieniądze szczęścia nie dają. Jednocześnie fakt, kim jesteśmy, jaki jest kolor naszej skóry, jaką religię wyznajemy sprawia, że z miejsca jesteśmy lubiani, akceptowani lub mieszani z błotem.
Nie mniejszą rolę w powieści odgrywa "Natalia Star" – gigantyczny diament, który pokazuje nam, że niektóre skarby tego świata nigdy nie powinny ujrzeć światła dziennego. Ów diament jednakże jest jednocześnie ceną, jaką Barney musi zapłacić za wszystkie swoje błędy i wyrazem niezłomnej miłości do kobiety, którą to stracił na zawsze. Brylant posiada wszystkie cechy, jakie znajdziemy w najlepszych powieściach Mastertona. Wyraziści bohaterowie, ciekawa historia, świetnie opisane życie i świat ukazany w powieści, proste przesłanie – wszystko to sprawia, że nie możemy odpocząć i z zaciekawieniem śledzimy losy braci Blitzów.
Creo que con este es el tercer libro que leo de David Baldacci. Hasta ahora los libros que he leído suyos eran de intriga, pero este es totalmente distinto. En este caso es una novela que describe el cambio de vida que tienen que llevar a cabo dos hermanos, que se trasladan con su abuela a las montañas de Virginia. La novela transcurre en la época de la guerra mundial y refleja de una manera bastante realista lo dura que es la vida en las montañas, tanto para los agricultores y ganaderos como la gente que explotaba las minas de carbón.
La novela está bien escrita y disfrutas de la historia, en la que es importante meterse en la piel de los protagonistas. Como unos niños viven las circunstancias que les han tocado vivir y como se adaptan a una vida tan distinta a la que llevaban hasta ese momento en la ciudad.
Un libro entrañable, en el que las relaciones familiares tienen gran importancia. No comento nada del final para no chafar la novela.
Buen libro para descansar de la traca de novelas negras que os estaba metiendo ultimamente.
An omnibus of novels
Enter a world where no boundaries exist – and where every seduction is supernatural…
Follow four of today's most provocative authors to a place where love can transform reality-and anything can happen. Here they present stories of ethereal circumstances, magical romance, and otherworldy suspense. Beginning with an all-new tale from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts writing as J. D. Robb-and featuring lieutenant-of-the-future Eve Dallas-this collection will take you on a breathtaking journey through the passion of the heart and its power to transcend the everyday…
The first Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery. Introducing Bernie Rhodenbarr, N.Y.C.'s prince of thieves – who really should have known better! When the mysterious pear shaped man with a lot of uncomfortably accurate information about Bernie and his career offered him five big ones to liberate a blue leather box – unopened – from an East Side apartment, it would have been a good time to plead a previous engagement…but times were tough. Everything was straightforward – the box was where it should have been but before the liberation took place, two men in blue coats turned up. Still all was not lost, there was always a way to work things out…that was before they discovered the body in the bedroom and Bernie decided to leg it.
A BURNT-OUT COTTAGE
A FORTUNE BURIED IN THE ASHES
A BODY THAT COULD SOLVE A DECADES OLD CRIME
DC Jack Warr and his girlfriend Maggie have just moved to London to start a new life together. Though charming, Jack can’t seem to find his place in the world — until he’s drawn into an investigation that turns his life upside down.
In the aftermath of a fire at an isolated cottage, a badly charred body is discovered, along with the burnt remains of millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes.
Jack’s search leads him deep into a murky criminal underworld — a world he finds himself surprisingly good at navigating. But as the line of the law becomes blurred, how far will Jack go to find the answers — and what will it cost him?
Luke Mullen, sixteen year old son of a former, high- ranking police officer has disappeared, presumed kidnapped. While no- one quite dares to voice the fear that he could also be presumed dead, Detective Inspector Tom Thorne is brought in to beef up the squad dedicated to locating the missing boy. The first thing the team looks for is anyone with a grudge against Luke's father, a man who'd put a lot of tough villains away in his time. A list quickly emerges, but Thorne discovers that ex-DCI Tony Mullen has omitted the name of the most obvious suspect; a man who'd once threatened him and his family, and who, after serving time for his original crime, is now the main suspect in a murder which has been unsolved for four years. Is this a simple oversight – understandable considering the trauma of his son's disappearance? Or is it something more telling? Aware that he does not have the luxury of time, Thorne searches desperately for connections and leads, but learns that secrets are as easily buried as bodies, and that assumptions are the enemy of truth.